Gombe United Football Club secured their first win of the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with a 2-1 win over Shooting Stars of Ibadan. In their Group A Match Day 5 fixture, on Wednesday at the Pantami Township Stadium in Gombe, Taye Yusuf grabbed a brace in the 52nd and 58th minutes. The […]
The Police Command in Benue, on Thursday, docked five persons for alleged criminal conspiracy, attempted murder, abduction and terrorism. The defendants are Ushahemba Ikyulaga, Godwin Bee, Thomas Ikyumba, Donald Anande and Samuel Iorchir. They appeared before a Makurdi Upper Area Court. The prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told the court that the case was reported at […]
Israel bears responsibility for last week’s attack on a facility of the Iranian Defence Ministry in the city of Isfahan, the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations, Saeed Iravani, said. “Early investigations suggest Israeli regime was responsible for this act of aggression,” Iravani said in a letter to President of the UN Security Council, Vanessa […]
…..begins training of officers on Decentralised upload of personnel data The Inspector-General of Police (IG) Usman Baba, has launched a digital biometric data capturing of the Force personnel records. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi announced this in a statement emailed to The NewsZenith on Tuesday. Tagged “IGP-SmartForce Database Management Centre”, Adejobi said […]
Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has signed an agreement with China Sinoma International Engineering to build a cement plant in Itori, Ogun State. The plant will capacity to produce six million tons of cement per annum. Aliko Dangote alongside the Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, DIL, Devakumar Edwin and China Sinoma Engineering, represented by […]
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says there are “elements” in the Presidential Villa seeking defeat of the ruling APC in this month’s poll. “I believe that there are elements in the Villa that want us to lose the elections. “They didn’t get their way,” El-Rufai said during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise […]
The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says petrol will be available and affordable in the next two weeks. IPMAN National Operations Controller, Mike Osatuyi, gave the assurance when he was featured on Arise TV’s Morning Show in Lagos on Wednesday. Osatuyi said that marketers were putting in place measures to end fuel scarcity across […]
Two persons died in an accident involving a tanker and four commercial tricycles (Keke Marwa), on Tuesday, in Ikotun, Lagos State. The driver of one of the tricycles and a passenger died on the spot. Four other occupants in the tricycles were rescued by men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The NewsZenith […]
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead one Chinese national in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia confirmed on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday evening when nine Chinese nationals were attacked in the Gebre Guracha town in the northern part of the Oromia region. Oromia is about 160 kilometres from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian […]
The Federal Government has supported 280 export-oriented businesses with grants, resulting in the creation of 100,000 direct jobs. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo said this while featuring on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard programme series on Tuesday in Abuja. The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture organised the programme. Adebayo said […]